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LAST-MODIFIED:20121116T203436Z
DTSTART:20081201T173000Z
DTEND:20081201T183000Z
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URL:http://physics.bu.edu/internal/events/show/344
SUMMARY:A simple\, stable model of brane inflation
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Rakhi Mahbubani\, Fermi Lab\n\nPart of the HET Semina
	r Series.\n\nAbstract:\nThe search for a general framework for slow-roll in
	flation is an ongoing\none\, with promising candidates in theories of extra
	 dimensions.  However\nstabilizing the extra dimensions is sometimes proble
	matic\, and can lead to\na loss of the desirable properties of these models
	.  Inspired by the fact\nthat point masses in 2+1 D do not gravitate\, we e
	xplore a simple framework\nfor inflation in 2 compact\, spherical\, stabili
	zed extra dimensions.  We\nfind that with a simple identification\, the eff
	ective potential between\ntwo 3-branes in this background is generically fl
	at enough for inflation.
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